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DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



In illustrating this group, I am compelled, for the want of space 

 to omit many interesting examples. I present only such as seem to 

 me to be especially instructive. 



Illustrations. — Ordinary forms. — The vessel shown in Fig. 

 52 may be taken as a type of a very large class. It is most read- 

 ily described as a short-necked, wide-mouthed bottle. It is sym- 



Fk;. 52. — recall Point, Ark. — i. 



metrical in shape and very nicely finished. The lip is supplied 

 with a narrow, horizontal rim. The body expands somewhat 

 abruptly from the base of the upright neck to the squarish shoulder, 

 and contracts below in an even curve, giving a ]iemis])herical base. 



Jmi.. 53. — Arkansas. — I 



There are a multitude of variations from this outline, a few of which 

 are suggested in Fig. 51. These vessels are nearly all of the dark, 

 grayish-brown, fire-mottled ware. A few are yellowish, and such 

 are often painted red or decorated with designs in red and white. 



